Archive - 2012

Smackdown ring announcer Lilian Garcia recorded a Tout video message to the WWE fans, thanking them for their love and support following her accident last Friday where she was struck by a car in Los Angeles.
“You guys have been amazing during this time. I have the best medical care so I’m doing my best to hurry up and come back! Love...

WWE Superstars, Divas, and crew will start a painful 11-day, 20-event European tour today which will take them to 10 different countries.
The RAW brand will have a total of 11 shows across five countries while the Smackdown brand will do 9 shows across seven countries. Both RAW and Smackdown will have tapings in Birmingham, England at the LG Arena...

UFC fighter Stephan Bonnar announced yesterday that he is retiring from mixed martial arts at age 35, saying in a message on Facebook that all he ever wanted was to bring some fun to fans.
Bonnar is credited – along with his opponent at the time Forrest Griffin – for putting UFC back on the map years ago with the first edition of The...

Bloomberg is reporting that the United States Marine Corps is opposing the WWE trademark application to register “Marine: Homefront” for their upcoming WWE Studios movie.
WWE filed three applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a variety of uses, including Halloween costumes, other clothing, downloadable ring tones...

On November 9, WWE will be hosting a WrestleMania Kickoff Party at the Citi Pond at Bryant Park in New York City located at 99 W 40th Street.
Fans who will be attending the free party will be able to purchase tickets for next year’s WrestleMania which will take place at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. The event will run from 7PM till 10PM...

Monday Night RAW this week pulled a 2.94 composite rating with an average viewership of 4,102,000, an increase of over 450,000 viewers from last week.
Hour one did 4,306,000 viewers, hour two did 4,217,000, and hour three did 3,783,000 in total, once again dragging down the overall number. Between hour two and hour three, WWE lost 434,000 viewers...

It is a big day for WWE gamers today as WWE ’13, the newest video game from THQ, was released in stores nationwide for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii.
The biggest sell of the game this year is the first single player campaign based on the Attitude Era which replaces the Road to WrestleMania campaign which was found in earlier...

Beth Phoenix made her last WWE appearance on RAW as the former Women’s and Divas champion wrapped up her duties after handing in her notice last month.
Phoenix was “fired” from the show by Vickie Guerrero for losing her match against AJ even though Guerrero eventually restarted the match and Phoenix won a couple of seconds...

October is breast cancer awareness month and WWE took an extra step to help out by teaming with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation by dishing out merchandise, spots during WWE television, logos on the entrance ramp, pink ropes, etc etc, however the big contribution was delivered yesterday on RAW.
With all WWE Superstars and Divas at the...

It was announced on RAW that WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler will be making his return to WWE television in two weeks time for the RAW in Columbus, Ohio.
Lawler suffered a heart attack on the September 10 episode of Monday Night RAW live in Montreal, just around thirty minutes after he was involved in a tag team match. Lawler...

The first traditional Survivor Series match was announced yesterday on RAW with the fan favorite five on five match making a return to the second oldest WWE pay-per-view.
Team CM Punk will be taking on Team Foley on the show and the participants were picked and announced in the final segment of yesterday’s RAW.
Joining CM Punk at the...

From the “hub” (shout-out to NASCAR, there!) of one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all-time, comes tonight’s Monday Night Raw. It is 24 hours removed from Hell In The Cell, and I have NO idea what happened in the most intriguing matches with the World Heavyweight Championship and WWE Championship, respectively...

WWE closed its corporate headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut, today as the state – and much of the east coast – is bracing for Hurricane Sandy to smash through anything in its way.
The company also has an office in New York which presumably is closed as well as the city that never sleeps is on the way to be deserted.
RAW and...

WWE will be returning to Atlanta for Monday Night RAW on February 4, 2013.
Tickets go on sale to the general public on December 15 however fans online can get their hands on the tickets during a pre-sale which started yesterday night and will run through Friday, November 2, till 10PM.
You can get tickets for this RAW at Ticketmaster.com using the...

Smackdown ring announcer and WWE Diva Lilian Garcia was released from hospital today according to a story on WWE.COM.
“Lilian has been released from the LA hospital, but is still under medical watch due to her body injuries,” her husband Chris said. “The love, support and prayers from our immediate family, our friends and the WWE...

The Tampa Bay Times is reporting that the lawsuit filed by Hulk Hogan against Bubba “The Love Sponge” over the sex tape release has been settled.
Details on the settlement remain unknown however the popular DJ issued a statement to the media with a public apology and retraction to his comments from a few weeks ago.
“After further...

For a total of 343 days, CM Punk has been the WWE Champion. He has taken on John Cena, Big Show, Daniel Bryan, Kane, Chris Jericho, The Miz, Kofi Kingston, Dolph Ziggler, and R-Truth. It was back on November 20, 2011 when he won the championship.
Tonight, CM Punk faces he biggest threat, the undefeated Ryback.
Also tonight, Sheamus takes on a very...

Instead of having the usual pre-show match tonight, WWE will be dedicating thirty minutes to John Cena as he will be answering questions from the fans and it will be streamed live on WWE.COM, Facebook, and YouTube.
Fans can ask Cena questions using either Twitter, Facebook, or Tout, using the hashtag #CenaPreShow. The pre-show starts at 7:30PM...

Live tonight from the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, WWE presents Hell In A Cell on pay-per-view. The full card is as follows:
CM Punk vs Ryback for the WWE title inside the Hell In A Cell; Sheamus vs Big Show for the World Heavyweight title; Kofi Kingston vs The Miz for the Intercontinental title; Kane and Daniel Bryan vs Cody Rhodes and...

World Heavyweight champion Sheamus made one soldier very happy on Friday after he made a surprise appearance on HLN’s Morning Express set to give the soldier some great news.
Staff Sgt. Clay Ragsdale – a huge wrestling fan – and a member of the Georgia National Guard was invited to HLN as part of their series where every week...